Lions Don't Need to Roar : Using the Leadership Power of Personal Presence to Stand Out, Fit in and Move Ahead

If it Ain't Broke...Break It! : And Other Unconventional Wisdom for a Changing Business World

Making a Life, Making a LivingA® : Reclaiming Your Purpose and Passion in Business and in Life"We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world." -Woodrow Wilson Few of us will regret not having spent more time at the office upon reaching heaven's gate. Yet as we focus on making a good living, we often forget to make a life. Why not transform work into a pursuit that feeds the spirit and the pocketbook, and benefits society, too? Now that would be a life worth living, a legacy to look back upon. MAKING A LIFE, MAKING A LIVING Former professor at Harvard Business School,highly successful Fortune 500 consultant, and part owner of lucrative businesses, Mark Albion had it all-but the "it" he had wasn't what his body and soul needed to thrive. So he did the unthinkable. He gave up what he did so well and started over. Drawing on intimate interviews with a dozen fast-trackers he met on his search for happiness, Mark shares how these men and women found the courage and motivation to re-create successful professional lives guided by passion. You'll...

Realizing the Promise of Corporate Portals : Leveraging Knowledge for Business Success

The Cliff Walk : A Job Lost and a Life Found

How to Start a Successful Home Business (Money - America's Financial Advisor Series)

Reinventing Free Labor: Padrone and Immigrant Workers in the North American West, 1880-1930One of the most infamous villains in North America during the Progressive Era was the padrone, a mafia-like immigrant boss who allegedly enslaved his compatriots and kept them uncivilized, unmanly, and unfree. In this first-ever history of the padrone, Gunther Peck argues that they were not primitive men but rather thoroughly modern entrepreneurs who used corporations, the labor contract, and the right to quit to create far-flung coercive networks. Drawing on Greek, Spanish, and Italian language sources, Peck analyzes how immigrant workers emancipated themselves using the tools of padrone power to their own advantage.

The Theory of Environmental PolicyIn this book, Professors Baumol and Oates provide a rigorous and comprehensive analysis of the economic theory of environmental policy. They present a formal, theoretical treatment of those factors infuencing the quality of life. By covering both the theory of externalities and its application to environmental policy, the authors have retained the basic structure and organization of the first edition, which has become a standard reference in the field. In this edition, however, they have updated their analysis to incorporate recent research in enviromental economics.

Children, Technology and Culture: The Impacts of Technologies in Children's Everyday Lives (The Future of Childhood)Childhood is increasingly saturated by technology: from television to the Internet, video games to personal computers. The authors look at the interplay of children and technology and pose critical arguments for how we understand the nature of childhood in late modern society.

The Economics of FootballThis book presents an original economic analysis of the English professional football industry. The economic influences on decisions taken by owners, managers, players and spectators are all considered, using theoretical and empirical methods of economicinvestigation. The empirical analysis draws on English club-level data, with extensive international comparisons. Concludes with an extended discussion of a number of major economic policy issues affecting the future of the football industry, including European super league proposals, contractual arrangements in the players' labor market, and football's evolving relationship with the broadcasting media.